Europeans are now buying Chinese EV with big tariffs on top. The problem is Europe EV are just bad and costs a lot. We lack the industrial sector to mass build reliable, cheap batteries. And we are falling more and more behind the Chinese competition. The lack of cheap battery storage is also a problem for the scaling of renewable.
Mandate forces change in investment from car company and speed up technology development. Euro emissions regulations are mandates. It is silly to undermine the role of those mandates in pushing EU car innovation and stronger protectionism position in the market. Europe automotive sectors was destroyed by corporate greed, and protected by mandates.
“Electric car mandate is ideological madness”
“Biofuel should play a role in the energy transition”
Those are from the prime ministers of the first and third EU country by population. It is better I do not quote opposition parties because starting from “CO2 is good for plants” there is a giant collection of deranged statements on the topic.
No you don’t. This is how dictators are made. You fix it one piece at a time. Starting from erasing Super PACs from existence